Brisbane vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	97	86
🏙️ Population	2.71M	4.04M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 88% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1792nd and 5000th ($2016 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 2nd in Australia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Australia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs New Taipei

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	Brisbane	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$18855

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581